Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA � Participants in 1st Tehran World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) Conference here Wednesday welcomed President Hassan Rouhani�s proposal on nomination of Dec 18 as Int�l Day against Violence and Extremism by UN.
��Issuing a closing communiqu�, the participating foreign ministers, former high ranking officials, parliamentarians, professors, researchers and NGO representatives of more than 50 countries around the globe voiced their support for the Iranian president�s brilliant proposal.
They referred to the ratification of the UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/68/127 dated Dec 10, 2013, based on President Rouhani�s WAVE initiative, expressing deep concern about the unprecedented expansion of the dimensions of terrorism and extremism in recent years and the devastative effects of them on ordinary people�s lives.

�Wars and armed struggles can lead to further escalation of extremism and aggression, wasting more lives, and disturbing the peace and stability of the human societies,� they stressed.

By IRNA

 

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